Cambridge car crash involving collapsed hydro pole leads to arrest: WRPS

The Waterloo Regional Police Service arrested a woman following a car crash in Cambridge, which saw a hydro pole collapse after being hit in the incident.

Police say the incident happened early Friday morning on Beverly Street and Kerr Street, where a vehicle had lost control and struck a hydro pole, causing it to collapse, exposing live wires on the road in the process.

Traffic in the area was disrupted for several hours.

The driver and a passenger fled the scene before officers arrived, eventually being located nearby after an investigation.

The driver, a 24-year-old woman from Brant County, was arrested with impaired operation and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.